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Progress, History, and Credits
Progress, history, and credits
Every Enhance action shares the same mechanics behind it: a live progress overlay, a cancel control, an optional background notification, and a record afterward in AI History. This page covers all four, plus the full credit-cost list in one place.
Prerequisites:
- Signed in: AI History lives on the Account tab. See account settings.
The progress overlay#
Starting any Enhance action opens a progress overlay that streams the real response live as it generates, rather than showing a spinner until it finishes.
- Full page or sidebar: Starting an action from the floater opens a full-page overlay; starting the same kind of action from the sidebar keeps it confined to the sidebar panel, leaving the rest of the page usable.
Cancelling an action#
- Click Cancel on the overlay as early as possible for the best chance of a free, instant stop.
- The button relabels to Stop once billing has effectively started, just after the initial credit check and well before any visible output. From that point, stopping shows a warning that credits may still be charged.
Running in the background#
Every Enhance action already keeps running whether the sidebar is open, closed, or backgrounded — that part never changes. Run in Background only controls whether you get a completion or failure toast in your open tabs once it finishes. Turn it on for a notification, or leave it off and check back manually.
Recovering a result later#
Whether closing the browser mid-run loses the result depends on the action:
- Recoverable afterward: Explain, Flashcards, Quiz, Rewrite Tone, and Expand/Shorten from the sidebar.
- Not recoverable if the tab or browser closes mid-run: Create summary and fork chat, Web Summary, and Compare Across LLMs.
Keep the tab open for the second group until the action finishes.
AI History and credit costs#
Every past Enhance action — Optimize, Compare Across LLMs, Citation Reports, Quiz, and the rest — is listed on the AI History page under the Account tab, alongside past Citation and Cross-Compare reports.
| Action | Credit cost |
|---|---|
| Optimize | 2 |
| Create summary and fork chat | 3 |
| Compare Across LLMs | 5 |
| Explain, Web Summary, Rewrite Tone, Expand/Shorten, Flashcards, Quiz | 1 |
FAQ#
Will I still be charged if I cancel an action?+
Not necessarily, but it's possible. Clicking Cancel or Stop stops the request, but if a result was already produced or the provider's work could not be interrupted in time, a charge can still go through.
What does Run in Background actually control?+
Only the completion notification. The action itself already runs independently of whether the sidebar is open — Run in Background just decides whether you get a toast when it's done.
Can I close my browser while an action runs?+
For Explain, Flashcards, Quiz, Rewrite Tone, and sidebar Expand/Shorten, yes — the result is there afterward. For Create summary and fork chat, Web Summary, and Compare Across LLMs, keep the tab open until it finishes.
Where do I see my past AI actions?+
The AI History page under the Account tab. See account settings.
Where do I check my remaining credits?+
Also on the Account tab, alongside AI History.